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6-K 1 ea0241703-6k_primech.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of May 2025

 

Commission File Number: 001-41829

 

Primech Holdings Ltd.

 

23 Ubi Crescent
Singapore 408579
+65 6286 1868

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F ☒       Form 40-F ☐

 

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

 

Primech Holdings Ltd furnishes under the cover of Form 6-K the following in connection with the extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Primech Holdings Ltd.
     
Date: May 13, 2025 By: /s/ Kin Wai Ho
  Name:  Kin Wai Ho
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Notice and Proxy Statement for the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders Primech Holdings Ltd
99.2   Form of Proxy Card with Voting Instructions
99.3   Primech Holdings Ltd 2025 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

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EX-99.1 2 ea024170301ex99-1_primech.htm NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS PRIMECH HOLDINGS LTD

Exhibit 99.1

 

Primech Holdings Ltd.

23 Ubi Crescent

Singapore 408579

 

PROXY STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

To the shareholders of   May 13, 2025
Primech Holdings Ltd.   Singapore

 

To our shareholders:

 

It is my pleasure to invite you to our Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Primech Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) on June 19, 2025, at 9:00 P.M., Singapore time (June 19, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., Eastern Time). The meeting will be held at 23 Ubi Crescent, Singapore 408579 (the “EGM”).

 

The matters to be acted upon at the meeting are described in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement.

 

YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, WE URGE YOU TO VOTE AND SUBMIT YOUR PROXY BY MAIL OR WITH THE VOTING INSTRUCTION OF YOUR BANK OR BROKER. IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED SHAREHOLDER AND ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE YOUR SHARES IN PERSON. IF YOU HOLD YOUR SHARES THROUGH A BANK OR BROKER AND WANT TO VOTE YOUR SHARES IN PERSON AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO OBTAIN A LEGAL PROXY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

 

  By order of the Board of Directors,
   
  /s/ Kin Wai Ho
  Kin Wai Ho
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 


 

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Primech Holdings Ltd. (THE “COMPANY”)

 

TIME:   June 19, 2025, at 9:00 P.M., Singapore Time
(June 19, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., Eastern Time)
     
PLACE:   23 Ubi Crescent
Singapore 408579

 

The notice of the EGM sets out the business proposed to be conducted at the EGM, which pertains to special business, with the record date of May 2, 2025 for purposes of determining eligibility to vote. The notice of EGM includes a proxy card together with voting instruction and is available at https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/irhlogin/Primech.

 

The EGM will be held physically, shareholders who are overseas will be able to watch and listen to the proceeding by webcast. Shareholders will also be able to submit questions relating to the items on the Proposals set out in the Notice of EGM in advance of the EGM. In order to be able to watch and listen to the meeting, shareholders are required to use the following link: http://meeting.vstocktransfer.com/PRIMECHJUNE25 and to submit questions in advance, shareholders are required to register in advance of the EGM, by emailing to ir@primech.com.sg.

 

Shareholders wishing to vote are required to complete a proxy card together with voting instruction (contained in the notice of the EGM) to appoint the chairman of the EGM to cast their votes in accordance with their instructions. The proxy card must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions contained therein by June 17, 2025, at 11:59 A.M., Singapore Time (June 16, 2025, at 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time).

 

YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS VOTING INFORMATION ON A RECORD DATE OF MAY 2, 2025. THUS, FOR YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE COUNTED YOU MUST BE A HOLDER ON MAY 2, 2025, OTHERWISE YOUR VOTES WILL NOT COUNT.

 

The purpose of the EGM is for the Shareholders of the Company to consider and, if thought fit, pass, with or without modifications, the following resolutions:

 

AS SPECIAL BUSINESS:

 

Proposal One   By an ordinary resolution, to resolve that:
     
  A.

the incentive plan for the Company and its subsidiaries’ (the “Group”) directors, employees, advisors and consultants, the form of which is set out in Exhibit 99.3 filed as part of this Form 6-K report containing the proxy statement (the “Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan”) be approved and adopted; 

       
    B. authority be and is hereby given to the board of directors of the Company (the “Directors”) to allot and issue from time to time such number of fully paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (“Award Shares”) as may be required to be issued pursuant to the grant and/or vesting of awards granted or to be granted under the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan, provided that the aggregate number of Award Shares to be issued, when aggregated with existing shares (including treasury shares) delivered and/or to be delivered pursuant to the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan, shall not exceed fifteen per cent (15%) of the total number of issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, as the case may be (excluding treasury shares) from time to time (the “Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan Share Issuances”).

 

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Proposal Two   By a special resolution, to resolve that:
       
    A. authority be and is hereby given for every six (6) issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at a time and date to be determined by the Directors, at and on which the register of members and the transfer books of the Company will be closed for the purpose of determining the entitlements of the shareholders of the Company following the proposed share consolidation (“Share Consolidation Record Date”) be consolidated into one (1) ordinary share of the Company (each a “Consolidated Ordinary Share” and collectively, the “Consolidated Ordinary Shares”) (the “Share Consolidation”), with such Share Consolidation to be effective on such date within 12 months of this resolution as determined by the Directors and such date shall be announced by the Company (the “Effective Date”);
       
    B. all fractional entitlements to the issued Consolidated Ordinary Shares resulting from the Share Consolidation will not be issued to the shareholders of the Company and the Company be authorized to round up any fractional shares resulting from the Share Consolidation such that each shareholder will be entitled to receive one (1) Consolidated Ordinary Share in lieu of any fractional share that would have resulted from the Share Consolidation; and
       
    C. any Director be and is hereby authorized to take such steps, enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements and execute all such documents as may be advisable, necessary or expedient for the purposes of giving effect to the Share Consolidation, with full power to assent to any condition, amendment, alteration, modification or variation as may be required by the relevant authorities or as such Directors or any of them may deem fit or expedient or to give effect to this special resolution.
       
Proposal Three   By an ordinary resolution, to resolve that:
       
    A. authority be and is hereby given, for the purposes of Section 76E of the Singapore Companies Act 1967 (the “Singapore Companies Act”), the exercise by the Directors of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the “Shares”) not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit (as hereinafter defined), at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as hereinafter defined) by way of an on-market purchase (“Market Acquisition”) transacted on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, and shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws, regulations and listing rules of Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Listing Rules”) as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally (“Share Buyback Mandate”);
       
    B. any Share that is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be held in treasury and dealt with in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act or cancelled;
       
    C. unless varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution and expiring on the earliest of:
       
      (i) the date on which the next annual general meeting of the Company is held or required by law to be held, whichever is earlier; or
         
      (ii) the date on which the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated;

 

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    D. subject to the opinion of the Directors that the Company is solvent and remains solvent subsequent to the Market Acquisition, the purchase price of the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be paid out of the capital or profit of the Company;
       
    E. in this ordinary resolution:
       
      (i) “Maximum Limit” means 20% of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) as at the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution; and
         
      (ii) “Maximum Price” in relation to a Share to be purchased, means an amount (excluding brokerage, commission, stamp duty, applicable goods and services tax, clearance fees and other related expenses) which may be paid for a Share purchased or acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate, not exceeding the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of the Shares quoted or reported on Nasdaq, as the case may be, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, in compliance with the requirements under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, at the time the purchase is effected. In addition, if the Company is relying on the bid to support a higher price, at least two independent bids are required.
         
    F. the Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider desirable, expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this ordinary resolution.
         
Proposal Four   By an ordinary resolution, to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of Proposal One, and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three.

 

NOTES REGARDING THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

 

Per the Constitution of the Company, ordinary resolutions in relation to Proposal One and Proposal Three, and special resolutions in relation to Proposal Two, are special business to be transacted at the EGM.

 

(i) Proposal One covers (a) the adoption of the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan; and (b) the authorization of the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan Share Issuances.
   
(ii) Proposal Two covers the Share Consolidation such that for every six (6) issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at the Share Consolidation Record Date to be consolidated into one (1) ordinary share of the Company.
   
(iv)

Proposal Three is to empower the Directors of the Company to make purchases or otherwise acquire the Company’s issued ordinary shares not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit, at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price by way of an on-market purchase transacted on the Nasdaq as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, and shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws, regulations and Nasdaq Listing Rules as may for the time being be applicable. Unless varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting, this authority will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company (or the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier), or when such purchases or acquisitions are carried out to the full extent mandated. 

 

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DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Notice (including the proxy card together with voting instruction) the following definitions are used.

 

Beneficial Shareholders: are persons or entities holding their interests in the Company’s shares as, or through, a participant in the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, in book entry form at a broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary and who are reflected in the books of such intermediary; also commonly referred to in the United States as “street name holders”.

 

Shareholder of Record: a person or entity whose name is reflected in the Company’s register of members as of May 2, 2025, and who is not necessarily a Beneficial Shareholder.

 

MEETING TO BE HELD PHYSICALLY

 

The EGM will be held physically, shareholders who are overseas will be able to watch and listen to the proceeding by webcast. Shareholders will also be able to submit questions relating to the items on the Proposals set out in the Notice of EGM in advance of the EGM. In order to be able to watch and listen to the meeting, shareholders are required to use the following link: http://meeting.vstocktransfer.com/PRIMECHJUNE25, and to submit questions in advance, shareholders are required to register in advance of the EGM, by emailing to ir@primech.com.sg. The Notice of EGM, Proxy Form is available on the VStock’s website at https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/irhlogin/Primech and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. A shareholder (whether individual or corporate) who is overseas and/or is unable to attend the EGM physically may vote by appointing the Chairman of the meeting as his/her/its proxy to vote on his/her/its behalf at the EGM.

 

WHO MAY VOTE:   You may vote if you were a shareholder of record on May 2, 2025.
     
DATE OF MAILING:   This notice and the proxy statement are first being mailed to shareholders on or about May 15, 2025.

 

  By order of the Board of Directors,
   
  /s/ Kin Wai Ho
  Kin Wai Ho.
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

What am I voting on?

 

You will be voting on the following:

 

Proposal One   By an ordinary resolution, to adopt the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan and the authorization for the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan Share Issuances;
     
Proposal Two   By a special resolution, to resolve that:
       
    A. authority be and is hereby given for every six (6) issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at a time and date to be determined by the Directors, at and on which the register of members and the transfer books of the Company will be closed for the purpose of determining the entitlements of the shareholders of the Company following the proposed share consolidation (“Share Consolidation Record Date”) be consolidated into one (1) ordinary share of the Company (each a “Consolidated Ordinary Share” and collectively, the “Consolidated Ordinary Shares”) (the “Share Consolidation”), with such Share Consolidation to be effective on such date within 12 months of this resolution as determined by the Directors and such date shall be announced by the Company (the “Effective Date”);
       
    B. all fractional entitlements to the issued Consolidated Ordinary Shares resulting from the Share Consolidation will not be issued to the shareholders of the Company and the Company be authorized to round up any fractional shares resulting from the Share Consolidation such that each shareholder will be entitled to receive one (1) Consolidated Ordinary Share in lieu of any fractional share that would have resulted from the Share Consolidation; and
       
    C. any Director be and is hereby authorized to take such steps, enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements and execute all such documents as may be advisable, necessary or expedient for the purposes of giving effect to the Share Consolidation, with full power to assent to any condition, amendment, alteration, modification or variation as may be required by the relevant authorities or as such Directors or any of them may deem fit or expedient or to give effect to this special resolution;;
       
Proposal Three   By an ordinary resolution, to resolve that:
       
    A. authority be and is hereby given, for the purposes of Section 76E of the Singapore Companies Act 1967 (the “Singapore Companies Act”), the exercise by the Directors of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the “Shares”) not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit (as hereinafter defined), at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as hereinafter defined) by way of an on-market purchase (“Market Acquisition”) transacted on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, and shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws, regulations and listing rules of Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Listing Rules”) as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally (“Share Buyback Mandate”);
       
    B. any Share that is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be held in treasury and dealt with in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act or cancelled;

 

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    C. unless varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution and expiring on the earliest of:
       
      (i) the date on which the next annual general meeting of the Company is held or required by law to be held, whichever is earlier; or
         
      (ii) the date on which the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated;

 

    D. subject to the opinion of the Directors that the Company is solvent and remains solvent subsequent to the Market Acquisition, the purchase price of the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be paid out of the capital or profit of the Company;
       
    E. in this ordinary resolution:
       
      (i) “Maximum Limit” means 20% of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) as at the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution; and
         
      (ii) “Maximum Price” in relation to a Share to be purchased, means an amount (excluding brokerage, commission, stamp duty, applicable goods and services tax, clearance fees and other related expenses) which may be paid for a Share purchased or acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate, not exceeding the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of the Shares quoted or reported on Nasdaq, as the case may be, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, in compliance with the requirements under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, at the time the purchase is effected. In addition, if the Company is relying on the bid to support a higher price, at least two independent bids are required.
         
    F. the Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider desirable, expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this ordinary resolution.
         
Proposal Four   By an ordinary resolution, to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of Proposal One and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three.

 

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Who is entitled to vote?

 

You may vote if you owned ordinary shares of the Company as of the close of business on May 2, 2025, which we refer to as the “Record Date”. Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote. As of May 2, 2025, we had 38,417,987 ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

 

Basis of voting

 

Votes shall be taken on a poll with one vote for each share. In respect of the special business to be transacted at the Extraordinary General Meeting, in order for an ordinary resolution to be passed, more than 50% of the eligible votes cast on the resolution must be in favor of the resolution. In order for a special resolution to be passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting, more than 75% of the eligible votes cast on the resolution must be in favor of the resolution. Whilst shares for which an abstention from voting has been recorded are counted toward the quorum of the meeting, the calculation of the percentage of votes cast in favor of the resolution disregards abstained votes. A person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

 

How do I provide voting instructions before the Extraordinary General Meeting?

 

If you are a shareholder who hold their shares beneficially through an institutional holder of record, such as a bank or broker (sometimes referred to as holding shares “in street name”), you will receive voting instructions from that holder of record.

 

If you are a shareholder of record, meaning that you hold your shares in certificate form, you have the following options:

 

To provide voting instructions by Mail

 

1) Check the appropriate boxes on the voting instruction form

 

2) Sign and date the voting instruction form.

 

3) Return the voting instruction form in the envelope provided.

 

If you hold your shares through an account with a bank or broker, your ability to vote by the Internet depends on their voting procedures. Please follow the directions that your bank or broker provides.

 

Please note that the latest we will accept voting instructions is on June 17, 2025, at 11:59 A.M., Singapore Time (June 16, 2025, at 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time). 

 

Can I change my mind after I return my proxy?

 

You may change your voting instructions at any time before the polls close at the conclusion of voting at the Extraordinary General Meeting. You may do this by (1) signing another proxy card with voting instructions with a later date and returning it to us before the Extraordinary General Meeting, or (2) voting at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

What if I return my proxy card but do not provide voting instructions?

 

Proxies that are signed and returned but do not contain instructions will be voted “FOR” Proposal One, Two and Three, in accordance with the best judgment of the named proxies on any other matters properly brought before the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

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What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card or instruction form?

 

It indicates that your ordinary shares are registered differently and are in more than one account. To ensure that all shares are voted, please sign and return all proxy cards. We encourage you to register all your accounts in the same name and address. Those holding shares through a bank or broker should contact their bank or broker and request consolidation.

 

How many votes must be present to hold the Extraordinary General Meeting?

 

Your shares are counted as present at the Extraordinary General Meeting if you attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and vote in person or if you properly return a proxy by internet or mail. In order for us to conduct our Extraordinary General Meeting, at least two shareholders must be present in person or by proxy. This is referred to as a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If a quorum is not present or represented, the chairman of the Extraordinary General Meeting may, with the consent of the Extraordinary General Meeting, adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the Extraordinary General Meeting, until a quorum is present or represented.

 

How many votes are needed to approve the Company’s proposals?

 

Proposal One. The adoption of the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan and the authorization of the Directors to issue ordinary shares and make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares pursuant to the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan. If this resolution is approved, the authorization would be effective from the date of the EGM until (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or (ii) the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier. This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of a majority of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

Proposal Two. The approval for the Share Consolidation of the Company for every six (6) issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at the Share Consolidation Record Date, be consolidated into one (1) ordinary share of the Company. This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of three-fourths of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

Proposal Three. The approval for the Share Buyback Mandate wherein the Directors of the Company are authorized to make purchases or otherwise acquire the Company’s issued ordinary shares not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit, at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price by way of an on-market purchase transacted on the Nasdaq as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, and shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws, regulations and Nasdaq Listing Rules as may for the time being be applicable. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, unless previously revoked or varied at a general meeting or when such purchases or acquisitions are carried out to the full extent mandated. This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of a majority of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

Proposal Four. The adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval Proposal One and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three. This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of a majority of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

  

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What are Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes?

 

All votes will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Extraordinary General Meeting, who will separately tabulate affirmative and negative votes, abstentions and broker non-votes. An abstention is the voluntary act of not voting by a shareholder who is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a broker nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary power for that particular item and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. If you hold your shares in “street name” through a broker or other nominee, your broker or nominee may not be permitted to exercise voting discretion with respect to some of the matters to be acted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you do not give your broker or nominee specific instructions regarding such matters, your proxy will be deemed a “broker non-vote.”

 

The question of whether your broker or nominee may be permitted to exercise voting discretion with respect to a particular matter depends on whether the particular proposal is deemed to be a “routine” matter and how your broker or nominee exercises any discretion they may have in the voting of the shares that you beneficially own. Brokers and nominees can use their discretion to vote “uninstructed” shares with respect to matters that are considered to be “routine,” but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. Under the rules and interpretations of the Nasdaq, “non-routine” matters are matters that may substantially affect the rights or privileges of shareholder, such as mergers, shareholder proposals, elections of directors (even if not contested), executive compensation (including any advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation and on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation), and certain corporate governance proposals, even if management-supported.

 

For any proposal that is considered a “routine” matter, your broker or nominee may vote your shares in its discretion either for or against the proposal even in the absence of your instruction. For any proposal that is considered a “non-routine” matter for which you do not give your broker instructions, the shares will be treated as broker non-votes. “Broker non-votes” occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in street name does not give instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed “non-routine.” Broker non-votes will not be considered to be shares “entitled to vote” on any “non-routine” matter and therefore will not be counted as having been voted on the applicable proposal. Therefore, if you are a beneficial owner and want to ensure that shares you beneficially own are voted in favor or against any or all of the proposals in this proxy statement, the only way you can do so is to give your broker or nominee specific instructions as to how the shares are to be voted.

 

Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast on an item and therefore will not affect the outcome of any proposal presented in this proxy statement. Abstention and broker non-votes, if any, will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum present at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

Note that if you are a beneficial holder and do not provide specific voting instructions to your broker, the broker that holds your shares will not be authorized to vote on the Proposals because these are considered non-routine matters.

 

Accordingly, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your broker, whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

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SHAREHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN THE EGM

 

Shareholders can submit their questions in advance of the EGM in relation of the resolutions set out in the Notice of EGM:

 

  (a) By email to ir@primech.com.sg

 

All questions submitted in advance of the EGM must be received by June 12, 2025.

 

Shareholders (including CPF and SRS members) who wish to submit their questions by post or by email are required to indicate their full name (for individuals)/company name (for corporates), NRIC/passport number/company registration number (where applicable), contact number, shareholding type and number of shares held, together with their submission of questions, to the office address or email address provided. Persons who hold Shares through relevant intermediaries (as defined in Section 181 of the Companies Act 1967), other than CPF and SRS Investors, should contact their respective relevant intermediaries through which they hold such Shares to submit their questions related to the resolutions to be tabled for approval at the EGM based on the abovementioned instructions.

 

The Company will endeavour to address all substantial and relevant questions received from members prior to and on the day of the EGM by publishing their responses posted on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website and the Company’s website. Where substantially similar questions are received, the Company will consolidate such questions and consequently not all questions may be individually addressed.

 

The result of the EGM will be published on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website and the Company’s website after the EGM concludes.

 

Shareholders who wish to exercise their voting rights at the EGM may (where such members are individuals or corporates) appoint the Chairman of the EGM as their proxy to vote on their behalf at the EGM.

 

CUT-OFF TIMES

 

Submission of “Proxy Card together with Voting Instruction”

 

For submission of your “Proxy Card together with Voting Instruction” – on June 17, 2025, at 11:59 A.M., Singapore Time (June 16, 2025, at 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time). 

 

Kindly note that Shareholders will not be able to vote during the webcast of the EGM proceedings on the resolutions to be tabled for approval at the EGM. Shareholders who wish to exercise their votes must submit the “Proxy Card together with Voting Instruction” for the Chairman of the EGM to cast votes on their behalf.

 

Submission of questions to the Company

 

For submission by email to the Company of questions to be raised at the EGM – by June 12, 2025, at 8:59 P.M., Singapore Time (June 12, 2025, at 8:59 A.M., Eastern Time).

 

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PERSONAL DATA

 

By participating in the EGM (through pre-registration, attendance or the submission of any questions to be raised at the EGM) and/or any adjournment thereof, submitting an instrument appointing a proxy and/or any adjournment thereof or submitting any details of the shareholder’s representative(s) in connection with the EGM, a shareholder of the Company (whether a Beneficial Shareholder or a Shareholder of Record) (i) consents to the collection, use and disclosure of the shareholder’s personal data by the Company (or its agents) for the purpose of the processing and administration by the Company (or its agents) of proxies and representatives appointed for the EGM (including any adjournment thereof) and the preparation and compilation of the attendance lists, minutes and other documents relating to the EGM (including any adjournment thereof), and in order for the Company (or its agents) to comply with any applicable laws, listing rules, regulations and/or guidelines (collectively, the “Purposes”), (ii) warrants that where the shareholder discloses the personal data of the shareholder’s representative(s) to the Company (or its agents), the shareholder has obtained the prior consent of representative(s) for the collection, use and disclosure by the Company (or its agents) of the personal data of such representative(s) for the Purposes, and (iii) agrees that the shareholder will indemnify the Company in respect of any penalties, liabilities, claims, demands, losses and damages as a result of the shareholder’s breach of warranty.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This notice contains forward-looking statements concerning future events. These forward-looking statements, are necessarily estimates and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors. Words such as “may,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “hopes,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the information available to, and the expectations and assumptions deemed reasonable by the Company at the time these statements were made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates which are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward- looking statements include the factors set out in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this notice or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events

 

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

 

Primech Holdings Ltd

 

(Company Registration No. 202042000N)

 

/s/ Kin Wai Ho  
Kin Wai Ho  
Chief Executive Officer  

 

Date: May 13, 2025

 

CORPORATION INFORMATION

 

Registered Office

23 Ubi Crescent

Singapore 408579

 

Place of incorporation: Singapore

 

Date of incorporation: December 29, 2020

 

Website: https://www.primechholdings.com

 

Company Secretary

Yeo Keng Nien

10 Jalan Kilang,

#04-06, Bukit Merah Enterprise Center

Singapore 159410

     

Transfer Agent

 

Vstock Transfer, LLC

18 Lafayette Place

Woodmere, NY 11598

USA Tel: +1(212)828-8436

Email: action@vstocktransfer.com

   

 

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PROPOSAL ONE

 

BY AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, TO ADOPT THE PRIMECH 2025 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN

(ITEM 1 OF THE PROXY CARD)

 

Background

 

The Compensation Committee of the Board has recommended that the Company should establish and maintain an equity incentive plan pursuant to which the Company may offer selected officers, directors, employees of and consultants to the Company and its subsidiaries the opportunity to acquire or increase equity ownership in the Company.

 

On May 13, 2025, the Board adopted, subject to shareholders’ approval, the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan are designed to enable the flexibility to grant equity awards to our key management employees, directors, advisors and consultants and to ensure that we can continue to grant equity awards to eligible recipients at levels determined to be appropriate by the Board and/or the Compensation Committee. A copy of the form of the proposed Plan is attached as Exhibit 99.3 filed as part of the Form 6-K report containing the proxy statement (which is subject to such reasonable amendments as determined by the Board) and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Summary of Material Features of the Plan

 

The material features of the Plan:

 

Administration of the Plan. The Plan will be administered by the Employee Incentive Plan Committee of the Company (the “Committee”) in its sole and absolute discretion with such powers and duties as are conferred on it by the Board from time to time. The Committee shall have the power, from time to time, to make and vary such regulations for the implementation and administration of the Plan as it in its absolute discretion deems fit. Any matter relating to or pursuant to the Plan and any dispute as to the interpretation of the Plan or any rule, regulation, procedure thereunder or as to any rights under the Plan, shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and such decision shall be final and binding.

 

Duration of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Committee or, at the discretion of the Committee, by ordinary resolution of the Company, and if the Plan is so terminated, no further Awards shall be offered thereunder.

 

Eligibility. The Committee shall in its sole and absolute discretion determine if a person is eligible to participate in the Plan, taking into consideration, among other things, role, seniority, length of service, performance history and potential contribution to the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, and such person shall at least be a confirmed employee of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, or an advisor, consultant or director of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, and who has attained the age of 21 years (the “Participant”).

 

Grant of Awards. Subject to applicable laws and regulations to which the Company is subject, an Award may be granted at any time as may be determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and may be granted subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion. At the time any Award is granted to a Participant under the Plan, the Company and such Participant shall enter into an Award Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated hereby and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate.

 

Exercise Price. The Exercise Price at which a Share may be purchased or issued, as the case may be, upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided that such Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustments as provided in Rule 7.6 of the Plan.

 

Vesting schedule. Options shall vest and become exercisable as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and in accordance with the vesting schedule to be set out in the Award Agreement relating to each such Option. Share Awards shall vest as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and in accordance with the vesting schedule to be set out in the Award Agreement relating to each such Share Award. A Share Award may vest in full, in part or not at all, according to the terms of the Award Agreement relating to each such grant of Share Award.

 

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Option period. Subject to the provisions of Rule 9 of the Plan, Options shall be exercisable in whole or in part, before the expiry of 7 years from the date of the vesting date of the Options, or such other date as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”). Upon the expiry of the Option Period, the corresponding Options shall immediately become null and void. Upon such cancellation, all such Options shall thereupon immediately lapse without any further claim against the Company and the Award Holders shall have no further rights in respect thereof.

 

Exercise of Options. The Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, and at such times as specified in the Award Agreement, by an Award Holder giving an irrevocable written notice of exercise to the Company (“Exercise Notice”), followed by: (a) a remittance for the full amount of the aggregate Exercise Price payable in respect of the Shares to be purchased or subscribed, as the case may be, to the bank account of the Company, details of which shall be notified to the Award Holder; and (b) any other documentation which the Committee may require in connection with an exercise of the Option, including evidence to verify the due execution of the Exercise Notice.

 

Transfer Restrictions. An Award shall be personal to the Award Holder to whom it is granted and, prior to the allotment and/or transfer to the Award Holder of the Shares to which the Award relates, shall not be transferred (other than to an Award Holder’s personal representative on the death of that Award Holder), charged, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, except with the prior written approval of the Committee. If an Award Holder shall do, suffer or permit any such act or thing as a result of which he would or might be deprived of any rights under an Award without the prior written approval of the Committee, that Award shall immediately lapse.

 

Vote Required

 

This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of a majority of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter. Unless otherwise instructed on the proxy or unless authority to vote is withheld, shares represented by executed proxies will be voted “FOR” this Proposal.

 

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.

 

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PROPOSAL TWO

 

BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION, TO APPROVE THE SHARE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMPANY’S ORDINARY SHARES

(ITEM 2 OF THE PROXY CARD)

 

General

 

The Directors believe that it is in the best interest of the Company and the shareholders, and is hereby soliciting shareholder approval, to effect a share consolidation of the issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) as at the Share Consolidation Record Date, at a ratio of six (6) shares into one (1), so that every shareholder holding six (6) ordinary shares each will hold one (1) ordinary share each upon the consolidation taking effect, such consolidated shares having the same rights and being subject to the same restrictions as the existing ordinary shares each in the capital of the Company as set out in the Company’s Constitution (the “Share Consolidation”), on the effective date as determined by the Directors, and such date shall be announced by the Company (the “Effective Date”).

 

The Share Consolidation must be passed by special resolution which requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of three-fourths of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If our shareholders approve this proposal, our Directors will have the authority to effect the Share Consolidation at any time after the Effective Date but within 12 months of this resolution.

 

The Share Consolidation will be implemented simultaneously for all Ordinary Shares. The Share Consolidation will affect all shareholders uniformly and will have no effect on the proportionate holdings of any individual shareholder, with the exception of adjustments related to the treatment of fractional shares (see below).

 

Purpose of the Share Consolidation

 

The Company’s Ordinary Shares are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PMEC.” Among other requirements, the listing maintenance standards established by Nasdaq require the Ordinary Shares to have a minimum closing bid price of at least $1.00 per share. Pursuant to the Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”), if the closing bid price of the Ordinary Shares is not equal to or greater than $1.00 for 30 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will send a deficiency notice to the Company. Thereafter, if the Ordinary Shares do not close at a minimum bid price of $1.00 or more for 10 consecutive business days within 180 calendar days of the deficiency notice, Nasdaq may determine to delist the Ordinary Shares.

 

On May 14, 2024, the Company received a written notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, and the Company was provided 180 calendar days, or until November 11, 2024, to regain compliance. Nasdaq has determined that the Company is eligible for an additional 180 calendar day period, or until May 12, 2025, to regain compliance. If at any time during this additional time period the closing bid price of the Company’s security is at least $1 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide written confirmation of compliance.

 

To regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule by May 12, 2025, the Directors determined that it was in the best interest of the Company to solicit the approval of the shareholders to effect a share consolidation of the Company’s Ordinary Shares. The Directors believe that without receiving the shareholders’ approval and without the closing price of the Ordinary Shares otherwise meeting the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement, the Company’s Ordinary Shares will be delisted from Nasdaq.

 

In the event the Ordinary Shares were no longer eligible for continued listing on Nasdaq, the Company could be forced to seek to be traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the “pink sheets.” These alternative markets are generally considered to be less efficient than, and not as broad as, Nasdaq, and therefore less desirable. Accordingly, the Directors believe delisting of the Ordinary Shares would likely have a negative impact on the liquidity and market price of the Ordinary Shares and may increase the spread between the “bid” and “ask” prices quoted by market makers.

 

The Directors have considered the potential harm to the Company of a delisting from Nasdaq and believes that delisting could, among other things, adversely affect (i) the trading price of the Ordinary Shares, and (ii) the liquidity and marketability of the Ordinary Shares. This could reduce the ability of holders of the Ordinary Shares to purchase or sell Ordinary Shares as quickly and as inexpensively as they have done historically. Delisting could also adversely affect the Company’s relationships with customers who may perceive the Company’s business less favorably, which would have a detrimental effect on the Company’s relationships with these entities.

 

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Furthermore, if the Ordinary Shares were no longer listed on Nasdaq, it may reduce the Company’s access to capital and cause the Company to have less flexibility in responding to its capital requirements. Certain institutional investors may also be less interested or prohibited from investing in the Ordinary Shares, which may cause the market price of the Ordinary Shares to decline.

 

Trading of our Ordinary Shares

 

When the Share Consolidation is implemented, our Ordinary Shares will begin trading on a post-split basis on the effective date that we announce by press release. In connection with the Share Consolidation, the CUSIP number of our Ordinary Shares (which is an identifier used by participants in the securities industry to identify our Ordinary Shares) will change.

 

Fractional Shares

 

No fractional Ordinary Shares will be issued to any shareholders in connection with the Share Consolidation. Any fractional shares resulting from the Share Consolidation shall be rounded up such that each shareholder will be entitled to receive one (1) Consolidated Ordinary Share in lieu of the fractional share that would have resulted from the Share Consolidation.

 

Street Name Holders of Ordinary Shares

 

The Company intends for the Share Consolidation to treat shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in street name through a nominee (such as a bank or broker) in the same manner as shareholders whose shares are registered in their names. Nominees will be instructed to effect the Share Consolidation for their beneficial holders. However, nominees may have different procedures. Accordingly, shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in street name should contact their nominees.

 

Share Certificates

 

Mandatory surrender of certificates by our shareholders is not required. The Company’s transfer agent will adjust the record books of the Company to reflect the Share Consolidation as of the Effective Date. New certificates will not be mailed to shareholders.

 

Vote Required

 

This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of three-fourths of votes cast by shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter. Unless otherwise instructed on the proxy or unless authority to vote is withheld, shares represented by executed proxies will be voted “FOR” this Proposal.

 

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.

 

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PROPOSAL THREE

 

BY AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED SHARE BUYBACK MANDATE

(ITEM 3 OF THE PROXY CARD)

 

General

 

The Directors believe that it is in the best interest of the Company and the shareholders, and is hereby seeking the approval of the shareholders of the Company for the adoption of the Share Buyback Mandate, to enable the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire its issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (“Shares”) in accordance with, and in the manner prescribed by, Singapore law. If approved by the shareholders at the EGM, the authority conferred by the Share Buyback Mandate will take effect from the date of the EGM and continue in force until the date on which the next annual general meeting is held or required by law to be held, unless prior thereto, purchases or acquisitions of Shares by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate have been carried out to the full extent mandated, or the authority conferred by the Share Buyback Mandate is revoked or varied by the shareholders in a general meeting.

 

The rationale for obtaining the Share Buyback Mandate is as follows:

 

(a) The Share Buyback Mandate will give the Directors the flexibility to purchase or acquire its Shares, if and when appropriate, with a view to enhancing the earnings per share and/or the net asset value per share.

 

(b) The Directors believe that share purchases also provide the Company and its Directors with an alternative to facilitate the return of surplus cash over and above its ordinary capital requirements and exercise greater control over the Company’s share capital structure.

 

(c) Shares bought back under the Share Buyback Mandate can be held by the Company as treasury shares for the purpose of satisfying awards granted under its share-based incentive schemes from time to time (including the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan, which is proposed in Proposal One).

 

(d) With the Share Buyback Mandate, the Directors will have the ability to purchase Shares on Nasdaq, where appropriate, to stabilize the demand for the Shares and to buffer against short-term share price volatility due to market speculation.

 

Market Acquisition of Shares by the Company will be made only in circumstances where it is considered to be in the best interests of the Company. Further, the Directors do not propose to carry out share purchases to such an extent that would, or in circumstances that might, result in a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Company or result in the Company being delisted from Nasdaq.

 

Authority and Limits on the Proposed Share Buyback Mandate

 

The authority and limitations placed on purchases or acquisitions of Shares by the Company under the Share Buyback Mandate are summarised below:

 

Maximum Number of Shares

 

Only Shares which are issued and fully paid may be purchased or acquired by the Company under the Share Buyback Mandate. Subject to the Singapore Companies Act, the Share Buyback Mandate will authorize the Company, from time to time, to purchase such number of Shares which represents up to a maximum of 20 per cent. (20%) of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the EGM at which the Share Buyback Mandate is approved.

 

To the extent that the Share Consolidation in Proposal 2 is carried out prior to the share buyback under this Proposal 3, the maximum number of Shares which may be purchased or acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate shall correspondingly be reduced in accordance with the ratio set out in Proposal 2.

 

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Duration of Authority

 

Purchases or acquisitions of Shares may be made, at any time and from time to time, by the Company from the date of the EGM at which the Share Buyback Mandate is approved, up to the earliest of:

 

(a) the date on which the next annual general meeting of the Company is held or required by law to be held, whichever is earlier;

 

(b) the date on which the authority conferred by the Share Buyback Mandate is revoked or varied; or

 

(c) the date on which the purchases or acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated.

 

Manner of Purchase or Acquisition of Shares

 

Purchases or acquisitions of Shares may be made by way of Market Acquisitions. Market Acquisitions refer to purchases or acquisitions of Shares by the Company effected on Nasdaq, through one or more duly licensed stockbrokers appointed by the Company for the purpose, in accordance with Section 76E of the Singapore Companies Act.

 

Maximum Purchase Price

 

The purchase price (excluding brokerage, stamp duties, commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) to be paid for the Shares will be determined by the Directors. However, the purchase price must not exceed the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of the Shares quoted or reported on Nasdaq, as the case may be, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, in compliance with the requirements under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, at the time the purchase is effected. In addition, if the Company is relying on the bid to support a higher price, at least two independent bids are required.

 

Status of Purchased or Acquired Shares

 

Under the Singapore Companies Act, Shares purchased or acquired by the Company may be held or dealt with as treasury shares. Some of the provisions on treasury shares under the Singapore Companies Act are summarized below:

 

Maximum Holdings

 

The number of Shares held as treasury shares (including shares held by a subsidiary under Sections 21(4B) and 21(6C) of the Singapore Companies Act) cannot at any time exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares.

 

Voting and Other Rights

 

The Company cannot exercise any right in respect of treasury shares. In particular, the Company cannot exercise any right to attend or vote at meetings and for the purposes of the Singapore Companies Act, the Company shall be treated as having no right to vote in respect of treasury shares and the treasury shares shall be treated as having no voting rights.

 

In addition, no dividend may be paid, and no other distribution of the Company’s assets may be made, to the Company in respect of treasury shares. However, the allotment of shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of treasury shares is allowed. Also, a subdivision or consolidation of any treasury share is allowed so long as the total value of the treasury shares after the subdivision or consolidation is the same as before.

 

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Disposal and Cancellation

 

Pursuant to Section 76K of the Singapore Companies Act, where ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, the Company may at any time:

 

(a) sell the treasury shares for cash;

 

(b) transfer the treasury shares for the purposes of or pursuant to any share scheme, whether for employees, directors or other persons;

 

(c) transfer the treasury shares as consideration for the acquisition of shares in or assets of another company or assets of a person;

 

(d) cancel the treasury shares; or

 

(e) sell, transfer or otherwise use the treasury shares for such other purposes as may be prescribed by the Minister for Finance.

 

Source of Funds

 

In purchasing or acquiring Shares, the Company may only apply funds legally available for such purchase or acquisition in accordance with the Constitution and applicable laws in Singapore. Payment may be made by the Company in consideration of the purchase or acquisition of its own Shares out of the Company’s capital as well as from its profits.

 

The Company intends to use internal resources and/or external borrowings to finance purchases or acquisitions of its Shares under the Share Purchase Mandate. The Directors do not intend to exercise the Share Buyback Mandate to such extent as would have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements or the gearing levels of the Group. In determining whether to undertake any purchases or acquisitions of Shares under the Share Buyback Mandate, the Directors will take into account, inter alia, the prevailing market conditions, the financial position of the Group and other relevant factors.

 

Financial Effects

 

The financial effects on the Company and the Group arising from purchases or acquisitions of Shares which may be made pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate will depend on, inter alia, whether the Shares are purchased or acquired out of capital or profits of the Company, the aggregate number of Shares purchased or acquired, the consideration paid at the relevant time and whether the Shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled.

 

Under the Singapore Companies Act, purchases or acquisitions of Shares by the Company may be made out of the Company’s capital or profits so long as the Company is solvent.

 

The financial effects on the Company, based on the consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, are based on the assumptions set out below:

 

(a) Purchase or Acquisition out of capital and/or profits

 

(i) if the Shares are purchased or acquired entirely out of the capital of the Company, the Company shall reduce the amount of its share capital by the total amount of the purchase price paid by the Company for the Shares (the “Purchase Price”) and the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by the Company will not be reduced;

(ii) if the Shares are purchased or acquired entirely out of profits of the Company, the Company shall reduce the amount of its profits by the total amount of the Purchase Price and correspondingly reduce the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by the Company; or

(iii) where the Shares are purchased or acquired out of both the capital and the profits of the Company, the Company shall reduce the amount of its share capital and profits proportionately by the total amount of the Purchase Price.

 

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(b) Number of Shares Purchased or Acquired

 

Based on the number of issued and paid-up ordinary shares as at the date of this Notice, and assuming that no further Shares are issued on or prior to the EGM nor will any share consolidation have taken place, the purchase or acquisition by the Company of up to the maximum limit of 20 per cent (20%) of its issued Shares will result in the purchase or acquisition of 7,683,597 Shares, of which only 3,841,798 Shares may be held as treasury shares (on the assumption that the Company does not currently have any treasury shares). Any shares repurchased after these 3,841,798 Shares are repurchased and held as treasury shares will be deemed as cancelled immediately.

 

(c) Maximum price to be paid for Share Purchases

 

For illustrative purposes only, in the case of purchase by the Company and assuming that the Company purchases or acquires 7,683,597 Shares at the Maximum Price (based on the definition set out in Proposal 3 and with reference to the closing price of US$0.8501 per share as of April 28, 2025), the maximum amount of funds required for the purchase or acquisition of the 7,683,597 Shares is approximately US$6,531,826.

 

Shareholders should note that the financial effects illustrated above are based on certain assumptions and purely for illustrative purposes only. In particular, it is important to note that the appended analysis is based on historical audited accounts of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 and is not necessarily representative of the future financial performance of the Company or the Group. Under the Singapore Companies Act, the Company may purchase or acquire its own Shares out of the Company’s capital, as well as from its profits, so long as the Company is solvent. The Directors do not propose to exercise the Share Buyback Mandate in contravention of the Singapore Companies Act or in a manner and to such extent that the financial position of the Group would be materially adversely affected.

 

Vote Required

 

This Proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of a majority of votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Unless otherwise instructed on the proxy or unless authority to vote is withheld, shares represented by executed proxies will be voted “FOR” this proposal.

 

Recommendation of the Board

 

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.

 

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PROPOSAL FOUR

 

BY AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, TO ADJOURN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR DATES, IF NECESSARY, TO PERMIT FURTHER SOLICITATION AND VOTE OF PROXIES IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES FOR, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH, THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL ONE AND/OR PROPOSAL TWO AND/OR PROPOSAL THREE

(ITEM 4 ON THE PROXY CARD)

 

General

 

Proposal Four, if adopted, will allow the Board to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to our shareholders in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of Proposal One and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three.

 

If Proposal Four is not approved by our shareholders, the Board may not be able to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of Proposal One and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three.

 

Vote Required

 

This proposal requires affirmative (“FOR”) votes of at least a majority of votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Unless otherwise instructed on the proxy or unless authority to vote is withheld, shares represented by executed proxies will be voted “FOR” this proposal.

 

Recommendation of the Board

 

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

 

GENERAL

 

The Directors do not know of any matters other than those stated in this Proxy Statement that are to be presented for action at the meeting. If any other matters should properly come before the meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted on any such other matters in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting such proxies. Discretionary authority to vote on such matters is conferred by such proxies upon the persons voting them.

 

The Company will bear the cost of preparing, printing, assembling and mailing the proxy card, Proxy Statement and other material which may be sent to shareholders in connection with this solicitation. It is contemplated that brokerage houses will forward the proxy materials to beneficial owners at our request. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the mails, officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies without additional compensation, by telephone or telegraph. We may reimburse brokers or other persons holding Shares in their names or the names of their nominees for the expenses of forwarding soliciting material to their principals and obtaining their proxies.

 

If you have questions about the Extraordinary General Meeting or other information related to the proxy solicitation, you may contact the Company at +65 6286 1868.

 

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Shareholders wishing to communicate with the Directors or any individual director may write to the Directors or the individual director at Primech Holdings Ltd, 23 Ubi Crescent, Singapore 408579. Any such communication must state the number of Shares beneficially owned by the shareholder making the communication. All such communications will be forwarded to the Directors or to any individual director or directors to whom the communication is directed unless the communication is clearly of a marketing nature or is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal, or similarly inappropriate, in which case the Company has the authority to discard the communication or take appropriate legal action regarding the communication.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

The Company files reports and other documents with the SEC under the Exchange Act. The Company’s SEC filings made electronically through the SEC’s EDGAR system are available to the public at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room.

 

  By order of the Board of Directors,
   
  /s/ Kin Wai Ho
  Kin Wai Ho
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-99.2 3 ea024170301ex99-2_primech.htm FORM OF PROXY CARD WITH VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

CONTROL # VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the envelope we have provided. Please note the latest we will accept voting instructions is on June 17, 2025, at 11:59 A.M., Singapore Time (June 16, 2025, at 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time) VOTE IN PERSON If you would like to vote in person, please attend the Annual General Meeting of Primech Holdings Ltd . on June 19 , 2025 , at 9 : 00 P . M . , Singapore time (June 19 , 2025 , at 9 : 00 A . M . , Eastern Time) . The meeting will be held at 23 Ubi Crescent, Singapore 408579 . * SPECIMEN * 1 MAIN STREET ANYWHERE PA 99999 - 9999 Please Vote, Sign, Date and Return Promptly in the Enclosed Envelope. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS - PRIMECH HOLDINGS LTD. June 19, 2025, at 9:00 P.M., Singapore time (June 19, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., Eastern Time) DETACH PROXY CARD HERE TO VOTE BY MAIL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ALL LISTED PROPOSALS. Proposal 1 By an ordinary resolution, to adopt the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan and the authorization for the Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan Share Issuances . FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Proposal 2 By a special resolution, to resolve that : A. authority be and is hereby given for every six ( 6 ) issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company as at a time and date to be determined by the Directors, at and on which the register of members and the transfer books of the Company will be closed for the purpose of determining the entitlements of the shareholders of the Company following the proposed share consolidation ("Share Consolidation Record Date") be consolidated into one ( 1 ) ordinary share of the Company (each a "Consolidated Ordinary Share" and collectively, the "Consolidated Ordinary Shares") (the "Share Consolidation"), with such Share Consolidation to be effective on such date as determined by the Directors and such date shall be announced by the Company (the "Effective Date") ; B. all fractional entitlements to the issued Consolidated Ordinary Shares resulting from the Share Consolidation will not be issued to the shareholders of the Company and the Company be authorized to round up any fractional shares resulting from the Share Consolidation such that each shareholder will be entitled to receive one ( 1 ) Consolidated Ordinary Share in lieu of any fractional share that would have resulted from the Share Consolidation ; and C. any Director be and is hereby authorized to take such steps, enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements and execute all such documents as may be advisable, necessary or expedient for the purposes of giving effect to the Share Consolidation, with full power to assent to any condition, amendment, alteration, modification or variation as may be required by the relevant authorities or as such Directors or any of them may deem fit or expedient or to give effect to this special resolution . FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN (Proposals Continued on Reverse) Signature Signature, if held jointly Date Note: This proxy must be signed exactly as the name appears hereon. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by a duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person. To change the address on your account, please check the box at right and indicate your new address.

 


 

* SPECIMEN * AC:ACCT999 90.00 PRIMECH HOLDINGS LTD. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS June 19, 2025, at 9:00 P.M., Singapore time (June 19, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., Eastern Time) Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials: The Notice of EGM, Proxy Statement, Sample Proxy Form are available at – https://ts.vstocktransfer.com/irhlogin/Primech To attend the Meeting virtually, please create a Zoom account and register to attend at – http://meeting.vstocktransfer.com/PRIMECHJUNE25 DETACH PROXY CARD HERE TO VOTE BY MAIL Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 19 , 2025 , at 9 : 00 P . M . , Singapore time (June 19 , 2025 , at 9 : 00 A . M . , Eastern Time) Proposal 3 By an ordinary resolution, to resolve that : A. authority be and is hereby given, for the purposes of Section 76 E of the Singapore Companies Act 1967 (the "CA"), the exercise by the Directors of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit (as hereinafter defined), at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as hereinafter defined) by way of an on - market purchase ("Market Acquisition") transacted on the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, and shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the CA, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws, regulations and listing rules of Nasdaq as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally ("Share Buyback Mandate") ; B. any Share that is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be held in treasury and dealt with in accordance with the CA or cancelled ; C. unless varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution and expiring on the earliest of : (i) the date on which the next annual general meeting of the Company is held or required by law to be held, whichever is earlier ; or (ii) the date on which the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated ; D . subject to the opinion of the Directors that the Company is solvent and remains solvent subsequent to the Market Acquisition, the purchase price of the acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be paid out of the capital or profit of the Company ; E . in this ordinary resolution : (i) "Maximum Limit" means 20 % of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) as at the date of the passing of this ordinary resolution ; and (ii) "Maximum Price" in relation to a Share to be purchased, means an amount (excluding brokerage, commission, stamp duty, applicable goods and services tax, clearance fees and other related expenses) which may be paid for a Share purchased or acquired by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate, not exceeding the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of the Shares quoted or reported on Nasdaq, as the case may be, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, in compliance with the requirements under Rule 10 b - 18 under the Exchange Act, at the time the purchase is effected . In addition, if the Company is relying on the bid to support a higher price, at least two independent bids are required . F . the Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider desirable, expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this ordinary resolution . FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Proposal 4 By an ordinary resolution, to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of Proposal One, and/or Proposal Two and/or Proposal Three. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN In his discretion, the proxy is authorized to vote upon any other matters which may properly come before the Extraordinary General Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof. The undersigned hereby appoints Kin Wai Ho as proxy with full power of substitution, to represent and to vote as set forth herein all the ordinary shares of Primech Holdings Ltd. which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and any adjournments or postponements thereof, as designated below. (Continued and to be signed on Reverse Side)

 

 

 

EX-99.3 4 ea024170301ex99-3_primech.htm PRIMECH HOLDINGS LTD 2025 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 99.3

 

RULES OF THE

PRIMECH 2025 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. NAME OF THE PLAN

 

The Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) has been established by Primech Holdings Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of Singapore (the “Company”).

 

2. DEFINITIONS

 

2.1. In the Plan, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions
shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” :

Companies Act 1967 of Singapore;

 

“Award” :

An award granted under this Plan in the form of an Option and/or a Share Award;

 

“Award Agreement” :

A written agreement between the Company and the Award Holder with respect to an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award, as amended;

 

“Award Holder” :

Any Participant who has been granted an Award under this Plan and has entered into an Award Agreement with the Company;

 

“Board of Directors” :

The board of directors of the Company for the time being;

 

“Business Day” :

A day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or gazetted public holiday in Singapore, where banks in Singapore are open in the ordinary course of business;

 

“Committee” :

Has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 4.2;

 

“Company” :

Primech Holdings Ltd (unique entity number 202042000N);

 

“Constitution” :

The constitution of the Company, as amended from time to time;

 

“Exercise Notice” :

Has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 9.3;

 

“Exercise Price” :

The exercise price payable for each Share in respect of which an Option is exercisable;

 

“Group” :

The Company, any subsidiary from time to time, and each shall be referred to as a “Group Company”;

 

 

 


 

“Option” :

The right to acquire Shares granted or to be granted to an Award Holder pursuant to the Plan and relevant Award Agreement;

 

“Option Period” :

Has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 9.1;

 

“Participant” :

Has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 5.1;

 

“Plan” :

This Primech 2025 Employee Incentive Plan;

 

“Recapitalisation Event” :

Any subdivision, share split, reverse share split, issuance of bonus shares, combination, consolidation, or any other recapitalisation, reclassification or change of the Company’s shares into a different number of shares of the same or any other class or classes of shares;

 

“Record Date” :

Has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 10.3;

 

“Rules” :

The rules of the Plan as set out herein;

 

“Shares” :

The ordinary shares in the issued capital of the Company;

 

“Share Award”

 

:

The award of Shares to Award Holders at the end of a specified vesting schedule, subject to the terms of an Award Agreement;

 

 

2.2. Words denoting the singular shall, where applicable, include the plural and vice versa. Words denoting the masculine gender shall, where applicable, include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa. References to persons shall, where applicable, include corporations.

 

2.3. Any reference to a time of day and dates in the Plan shall be a reference to Singapore time and dates, unless otherwise stated.

 

2.4. Any reference in the Plan to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any word or term defined under the Act or any statutory modification thereof, and used in the Plan shall, where applicable, have the meaning assigned to it under the Act or any statutory modification thereof, as the case may be, unless otherwise provided.

 

3. OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN

 

3.1. The Plan is an equity incentive scheme. The Plan will give employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, including all directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as advisors, consultants and directors engaged by the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries an opportunity to have a personal equity interest in the Company and will help to achieve the following objectives:

 

(a) provide a wealth creation opportunity for the employees, advisors, consultants and directors in line with value creation for the Company;

 

(b) drive retention of employees, advisors, consultants and directors for their continued association with the Company; and

 

(c) motivate employees, advisors, consultants and directors by rewarding high performance.

 

3.2. The Plan will align the interest of the Participants (as defined below) with that of the Company and provides for an incentive mechanism that rewards ownership and extraordinary contribution.

 

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4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

4.1. Implementation. The Plan has been approved by a written resolution passed on May 13, 2025 by the Board of Directors.

 

4.2. Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Employee Incentive Plan Committee of the Company (the “Committee”) in its sole and absolute discretion with such powers and duties as are conferred on it by the Board from time to time. The Committee shall have the power, from time to time, to make and vary such regulations for the implementation and administration of this Plan as it in its absolute discretion deems fit. Any matter relating to or pursuant to this Plan and any dispute as to the interpretation of this Plan or any rule, regulation, procedure thereunder or as to any rights under this Plan, shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and such decision shall be final and binding.

 

4.3. Directors’ Participation. Any director, employee or other person participating in this Plan who is a member of the Committee shall not be involved in the Committee’s deliberations in respect of any Awards granted to him or her.

 

4.4. Determination of the Committee to be final. Any decision or determination of the Committee made pursuant to any provision of the Plan (other than a matter to be certified by the auditors of the Company) shall be final, binding and conclusive (including for the avoidance of doubt, any decisions relating to disputes as to the interpretation of the Plan or any rule, regulation or procedure hereunder or as to any rights under the Plan). The Committee shall not be required to furnish any reasons for any decision or determination made by it.

 

4.5. Duration of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Committee or, at the discretion of the Committee, by ordinary resolution of the Company, and if the Plan is so terminated, no further Awards shall be offered hereunder.

 

5. ELIGIBILITY

 

5.1. Eligibility. The Committee shall in its sole and absolute discretion determine if a person is eligible to participate in the Plan, taking into consideration, among other things, role, seniority, length of service, performance history and potential contribution to the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, and such person shall at least be a confirmed employee of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, or an advisor, consultant or director of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, and who has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years (the “Participant”).

 

5.2. Grant Frequency. The Committee may at any time grant Awards to Participants, as the Committee may select based on the eligibility of the Participants under Rule 5.1 above, subject only to such restrictions as may be provided under any applicable law.

 

5.3. Number of Awards. The number and type of Awards to be granted to a Participant in accordance with the Plan shall be determined at the absolute discretion of the Committee, which shall take into account such criteria as it considers fit, including but not limited to rank, job performance, years of service and potential for future development, contribution to the success and development of the Company, the past performance of the Participant and any other key performance indicators. For the avoidance of doubt, this Rule 5.3 shall not restrict the Committee from taking any other relevant factor into account.

 

5.4. Discretion to Amend. Subject to the Act, the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, and any applicable rules and regulations, the terms of eligibility for participation in the Plan may be amended from time to time at the absolute discretion of the Committee.

 

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6. SIZE OF PLAN

 

The aggregate number of Shares over which the Committee may offer to grant Awards on any date, when added to the aggregate number of Shares issued or issuable in respect of all Awards granted under the Plan, shall not exceed fifteen per cent. (15%) of the total number of issued shares in the capital of the Company from time to time.

 

7. GRANT OF AWARDS

 

7.1. Grant of Award. Subject to applicable laws and regulations to which the Company is subject, an Award may be granted at any time as may be determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and may be granted subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion. At the time any Award is granted to a Participant under this Plan, the Company and such Participant shall enter into an Award Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated hereby and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate.

 

7.2. Awards are Personal. An Award shall be personal to the Award Holder to whom it is granted and, prior to the allotment and/or transfer to the Award Holder of the Shares to which the Award relates, shall not be transferred (other than to an Award Holder’s personal representative on the death of that Award Holder), charged, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, except with the prior written approval of the Committee. If an Award Holder shall do, suffer or permit any such act or thing as a result of which he would or might be deprived of any rights under an Award without the prior written approval of the Committee, that Award shall immediately lapse.

 

7.3. Contravention of any Applicable Law. In the event that the grant of an Award results in a contravention of any applicable law, subsidiary legislation or other regulation, such grant shall be null, void and of no effect and the relevant Participant shall have no claim whatsoever against the Company.

 

7.4. Lapse of Offer of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, an offer of an Award shall automatically lapse and become null, void and of no effect if:

 

(a) the Company and the Participant does not enter into an Award Agreement within ten (10) Business Days from the date that a copy of the Award Agreement is first delivered to the Participant;

 

(b) the Participant dies prior to his/her entry into the Award Agreement;

 

(c) the Company is liquidated or wound-up prior to the Participant’s acceptance of the Award.

 

7.5. Lapse of Award. An Option to the extent unexercised and Share Award to the extent unvested, shall immediately lapse and become null and void, without any claim whatsoever against the Company and the Award Holder shall have no further rights in respect thereof:

 

(a) if an Award Holder ceases to be employed by the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries, or ceases to be engaged by the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries as an advisor, consultant or director (as the case may be);

 

(b) upon the bankruptcy of the Award Holder or the happening of any event which results in his being deprived of the legal and beneficial ownership of such Award; or

 

(c) in the event of misconduct or negligence on the part of the Award Holder, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

 

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7.6. Variation of Capital. If a material variation in the issued share capital of the Company, by way of any Recapitalisation Event shall take place, then:

 

(a) the Exercise Price of an Option, to the extent unvested and/or vested but unexercised;

 

(b) the number of Shares in respect of which an Option is exercisable, to the extent unvested and/or vested but unexercised, and the rights attached thereto;

 

(c) the number of Shares to be granted under a Share Award, and the rights attached thereto; and/or

 

(d) the number of Shares in respect of which additional Options or Share Awards may be granted to Award Holders,

 

may, at the discretion of the Committee, be adjusted in such manner as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. The relevant terms in the Award Agreement shall be deemed to have been varied in accordance with the decision of the Committee.

 

8. VESTING OF AWARDS

 

8.1. Vesting of Options. Options shall vest and become exercisable as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and in accordance with the vesting schedule to be set out in the Award Agreement relating to each such Option.

 

8.2. Vesting of Share Awards. Share Awards shall vest as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and in accordance with the vesting schedule to be set out in the Award Agreement relating to each such Share Award. A Share Award may vest in full, in part or not at all, according to the terms of the Award Agreement relating to each such grant of Share Award.

 

8.3. Payment for Share Award. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment from an Award Holder for Shares received pursuant to a Share Award, if any, provided that in the absence of such a determination, an Award Holder shall not be required to make any payment for Shares received pursuant to a Share Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law. In the event that the Committee determines that an amount is payable in cash to the Company, the Award Holder shall remit the full amount payable to in respect of the Shares to be purchased or subscribed, as the case may be, to the bank account of the Company, details of which shall be notified to the Award Holder.

 

8.4. An Award shall, to the extent unvested and/or vested but unexercised (as the case may be), upon receipt of a notice of termination of employment or engagement with any Group Company, cease to vest on the date of such notice of termination. For the avoidance of doubt, where an employee of any Group Company is serving out his notice period or is placed on garden leave in accordance with his or her employment contract, his Award will not continue to vest upon receipt of the notice of termination of employment.

 

9. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND VESTING OF SHARE AWARDS

 

9.1. Option Period. Subject to the provisions of this Rule 9, Options shall be exercisable in whole or in part, before the expiry of 7 years from the date of the vesting date of the Options, or such other date as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”). Upon the expiry of the Option Period, the corresponding Options shall immediately become null and void. Upon such cancellation, all such Options shall thereupon immediately lapse without any further claim against the Company and the Award Holders shall have no further rights in respect thereof.

 

9.2. Exercise Price. The Exercise Price at which a Share may be purchased or issued, as the case may be, upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided that such Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Rule 7.6.

 

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9.3. Exercise of Option. The Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, and at such times as specified in the Award Agreement, by an Award Holder giving an irrevocable written notice of exercise to the Company (“Exercise Notice”), followed by:

 

(a) a remittance for the full amount of the aggregate Exercise Price payable in respect of the Shares to be purchased or subscribed, as the case may be, to the bank account of the Company, details of which shall be notified to the Award Holder; and

 

(b) any other documentation which the Committee may require in connection with an exercise of the Option, including evidence to verify the due execution of the Exercise Notice.

 

9.4. Liquidity Event. In addition and notwithstanding any other Rule, in the event a notice is given by the Company to its members to convene a general meeting for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, approving a resolution to voluntarily wind-up the Company, the Company shall on the same date as or soon after it despatches such notice to each member of the Company give notice thereof to all Award Holders (together with a notice of the existence of the provision of this Rule 9.4) and thereupon, each Award Holder (or his or her personal representative) shall be entitled to exercise all or any of his or her vested Options at any time not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed general meeting of the Company by giving notice of exercise in writing to the Company, accompanied by a remittance for the full amount of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Shares which may be purchased or issued, as the case may be, upon exercise of the vested Options, in respect of which the notice is given whereupon the Company shall as soon as possible and in any event, no later than one (1) Business Day immediately prior to the date of the proposed general meeting referred to above, allot the relevant Shares to the Award Holder credited as fully paid. Subject to the foregoing, upon an order being made or resolution passed for the winding up of the Company, all Options to the extent unvested and unexercised shall lapse and become null and void.

 

10. PURCHASE OF SHARES AND/OR ALLOTMENT AND ISSUE OF SHARES

 

10.1. Subject to such consents or other required action of any competent authority under any regulations or enactments for the time being in force as may be necessary and subject to compliance with the terms of the Plan, the relevant Award Agreement and the Constitution, the Company shall, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date of exercise of the Options or the vesting of the Share Awards (as the case may be), do the following in relation to the exercise of such Options or the vesting of such Share Awards as it deems fit in its sole and absolute discretion:

 

(a) issue or transfer the relevant Shares in the name of the relevant Award Holder;

 

(b) despatch to the relevant Award Holder an acknowledgment in writing that there has been an issue or transfer to such Award Holder, the number of Shares in respect of which the Options have been exercised and are credited as fully paid; and/or

 

(c) despatch to the relevant Award Holder an acknowledgment in writing that there has been an issue or transfer to such Award Holder, the number of Shares in respect of which the Share Awards have vested and are credited as fully paid.

 

10.2. Delivery of Shares upon exercise of Options or vesting of Share Award. Subject to all applicable laws, the Company shall have the flexibility to deliver the Shares under the Option or Share Award, as the case may be, to the Award Holders upon the exercise of their Options or vesting of their Share Awards by way of:

 

(a) the transfer of existing Shares, including any Shares acquired by the Company pursuant to a share buy back and/or held by the Company as treasury shares; and/or

 

(b) an issue and allotment of new Shares.

 

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10.3. Shares Allotted. New Shares allotted and issued, and existing Shares procured by the Company for transfer, pursuant to the exercise of an Award shall:

 

(a) be subject to all the provisions of the Constitution; and

 

(b) rank in full for all entitlements, including dividends or other distributions declared or recommended in respect of the then existing Shares, save for any dividends, rights, allotments or other distributions, the Record Date for which is on or after the relevant vesting date of the Option or Share Award, as the case may be. For the purposes of this Rule, “Record Date” shall mean the date fixed by the Company for the purposes of determining entitlements to dividends or other distributions to or rights of holders of the Shares.

 

10.4. New Issue of Shares. An Option does not confer on an Award Holder any right to participate in any new issue of Shares.

 

11. REPURCHASE OF OPTION SHARES FROM AWARD HOLDER IN THE EVENT OF CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR ENGAGEMENT (AS THE CASE MAY BE)

 

In addition and notwithstanding any other Rule, in the event that an Award Holder ceases to be employed or engaged (as the case may be) by the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever, the Company shall, subject to applicable law, have the right (but not the obligation) to require the Award Holder to sell and/or procure his nominee(s) (if any) to sell to the Company, or such other party or parties as the Company may direct, all the Shares owned or held by the Award Holder and/or his nominee(s) (if any) which has been issued to him pursuant to the exercise of the Option or the Share Award granted to him, at the same Exercise Price which was paid by the Award Holder for such Shares, and the Award Holder shall use its best efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws to effect the transfer of the Shares contemplated under this Rule 11.

 

12. AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN

 

12.1. Subject to Rule 12.2, any or all of the Rules may be modified and/or altered at any time and from time to time by resolution of the Committee.

 

12.2. Subject to Rule 7.6, any or all of the terms in the Award Agreement may be modified and/or altered except that no such modification or alteration shall adversely affect the rights attaching to any Awards granted prior to such modification or alteration except with the consent of such Award Holders.

 

12.3. Any or all of the unvested and/or vested but unexercised Awards may be modified, altered or converted into options, units or cash awards in a new employee incentive plan established by the Company to replace or operate in conjunction with this Plan, by resolution of the Committee except that no such modification, alteration or conversion shall adversely affect the rights attaching to any Awards granted prior to such modification, alteration or conversion except with the consent of such Award Holders.

 

12.4. The Committee shall give written notice of any modification or alteration made to the Plan to all Award Holders.

 

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13. NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

13.1. Any notice given by an Award Holder to the Company shall be sent or made to the registered office of the Company or such other addresses (including electronic mail addresses), and marked for the attention of the Committee, as may be notified by the Company to him in writing.

 

13.2. Any notices or documents required to be given to an Award Holder or any correspondence to be made between the Company and the Award Holder shall be given or made by the Committee (or such person(s) as it may from time to time direct) on behalf of the Company and shall be delivered to him by hand or sent to him at his home address or electronic mail address according to the records of the Company or the last known address or electronic mail address of the Award Holder.

 

13.3. Any notice or other communication from an Award Holder to the Company shall be irrevocable and shall not be effective until received by the Company. Any notice or other communication from the Company to an Award Holder shall be deemed to be received by that Award Holder, when left at the address specified in Rule 13.2 or, if sent by post, on the day following the date of posting or, if sent by electronic mail, on the day of despatch.

 

14. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND/OR ENGAGEMENT UNAFFECTED

 

The terms of employment and/or engagement (as the case may be) of a Participant shall not be affected by his participation in the Plan, which shall neither form part of such terms nor entitle him to take into account such participation in calculating any compensation or damages on the termination of his employment and/or engagement (as the case may be) for any reason.

 

15. TAXES

 

All taxes (including income tax) arising from the grant, vesting or exercise of any Award granted to any Participant under the Plan shall be borne by that Participant.

 

16. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

 

16.1. The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Awards, the Participant’s participation in the Plan or the Award Holder’s acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. It shall be the sole responsibility of each Participant to ensure that he complies with all relevant laws, statutes and regulations in relation to the acceptance, vesting and exercise of any Award and the holding of Shares thereafter. Each Participant is hereby advised to consult with his own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.

 

16.2. Notwithstanding any provisions herein contained and subject to the Act, the Committee and the Company shall not under any circumstances be held liable to any Participant or any other person whomsoever for any costs, losses, expenses and damages whatsoever and howsoever arising in any event, in connection with the Plan or the administration thereof.

 

17. DISPUTES

 

Any disputes or differences of any nature arising hereunder shall be referred to the Committee and its decision shall be final and binding in all respects.

 

18. CONDITION OF AWARDS

 

Every grant of Award shall be given on the condition that no Shares shall be issued pursuant to the vesting and/or exercise of an Award if such issue would be contrary to any law or enactment, or any rules or regulations of any legislative or non-legislative governing body for the time being in force in Singapore or any other relevant country having jurisdiction.

 

19. GOVERNING LAW

 

The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Republic of Singapore. The Award Holders, by entering into an Award Agreement in accordance with the Plan, and the Company submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore.

 

20. CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 2001

 

No person other than the Company or a Participant shall have any right to enforce any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 of Singapore.

 

 

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